Scope RPG

Core Concepts ​

A map of the key ideas that tie every system in Scope together. If you read one page to understand how Scope works, read this one.

Your Avatar ​

The avatar is you. It's the character you create once, at the start, by picking one of four classes - Knight, Wizard, Archer, or Rogue. From that point on, every battle the game throws at you is fought by your avatar, and the avatar's power is a direct reflection of your real-life behavior.

Avatar classes

You don't "level up" a separate character here. You are the avatar. Show up in your real life and the avatar grows stronger; let things slide and it quietly decays.

Learn more in Avatar Overview and Avatar Classes.

Soldiers and Demons ​

Your avatar doesn't fight alone - at least not usually. Soldiers are combat companions generated by your good habits. Each time you create a good habit, a soldier is born; its class (Knight, Mage, Healer, or Bard) is determined by the habit's category.

Knight soldier companion

Demons are the mirror image - they're generated by your bad habits. Demons don't fight at your side. They represent the behaviors you're trying to stop, and the goal is to weaken them by avoiding the behavior in real life.

Learn more in Soldiers Overview and Demons Overview.

Goals Become Dungeons ​

Goals are your biggest ambitions - the kind of thing that takes weeks or months. Adopting a premade goal, or completing one you've created, doesn't just check a box. It unlocks a dungeon: a multi-stage fight with a boss waiting at the end.

The habits a goal requires are the ones that staff the dungeon. Your soldiers from those specific habits are the party you'll take in. It's the clearest expression of Scope's core loop - your real-life discipline is literally your entry fee.

Learn more in Dungeons Overview.

Monsters and Bosses ​

The things you fight. Regular monsters come in four classes - Brawler, Magical Beast, Shaman, and Flying - each with their own style. Bosses are elite monsters with their own scaling rules and reduced kit; they cap off dungeons and anchor adventure quests.

Every encounter scales to your party's level, so fights stay meaningful as you grow.

Learn more in Monsters Overview.

Two Kinds of Combat ​

Scope has two distinct combat modes.

  • Soldier phase - the tactical, turn-based mode where you control a party of soldiers plus your avatar. Skills, positioning, status effects. This is where the game is most "game".
  • Boss phase - a one-on-one duel between your avatar and the boss. Auto-resolved, no skills, just stats trading punches. This is where your avatar's build gets its moment.

Almost every fight in Scope ends with a boss phase. The soldier phase is the setup; the boss is the payoff.

Learn more in Battle Overview and Boss Phase Overview.

The Loot Loop ​

Winning fights pays gold and drops equipment. Equipment gives your avatar stats. Better stats mean harder-hitting boss fights. Harder boss fights beat harder dungeons. Harder dungeons drop better loot. The loop tightens the more you engage.

There's a parallel loop that runs entirely in real life: tasks, habits, and journal entries earn silver, which you spend on a personal wishlist of real-world rewards you set yourself.

Learn more in Equipment Overview and Gold, Silver & Wishlist.